Amazon Business Now Delivers Fresh Groceries to Offices in Over 2,300 US Cities

Alexa Alix Last Updated: May 5, 2026 3 minutes read Amazon Business is bringing same-day delivery of fresh, perishable groceries to business customers across the US, extending a playbook that has already proven itself on the consumer side of the platform. The expansion covers more than 2,300 cities and towns, with further expansion planned through 2026.

The launch directly answers one of Amazon Business customers' most frequently requested features: a simpler way to order fresh groceries alongside the office supplies, cleaning products, and breakroom staples they already buy through the platform.

What Is Now Available Thousands of perishable items are now available on Amazon Business through same-day delivery, including dairy, produce, baked goods, and frozen foods from national and local brands. Orders can include a mix of fresh groceries and standard business essentials in a single cart with a single checkout.

Delivery windows are selectable at checkout, allowing businesses to align deliveries with operating hours so that staff are available to receive and store perishable items properly. Amazon's temperature-controlled fulfillment network handles the cold chain from facility to door, and every item undergoes a six-point quality check before delivery.

Perishables displaying the Freshness Guarantee badge are backed by Amazon's standard make-it-right policy if items do not arrive as expected. For Business Prime members, same-day delivery is free on grocery orders over $25 in most areas. Orders below the minimum carry a $2. 99 fee. Non-Prime business customers pay $12. 99 regardless of order size.

“By adding fresh groceries to the already expansive selection Amazon Business offers, organizations can now combine items like copy paper and printer ink with milk, fruit, and other breakroom staples, check out with a single cart, and have everything delivered to their workplace within hours,” said Shelley Salomon, VP of Amazon Business.

Why Amazon Is Confident This Will Work The consumer data is the foundation of this expansion. When Amazon added perishables to its consumer same-day delivery service in 2025, the results were significant.

Perishable grocery sales grew 40 times since January 2025, and fresh groceries now account for nine of the top ten most-ordered same-day items in areas where the service is available. Customers who added fresh groceries to their same-day orders shopped approximately twice as often as those who did not, building larger baskets across every shopping trip.

Amazon is betting the same dynamics hold in a business context. Offices, schools, gyms, and salons regularly need fresh food to serve employees, customers, and guests.

The procurement argument is straightforward: instead of employees making store runs and filing reimbursements, businesses centralize grocery spending through the same Amazon Business account they already use for everything else. That consolidation gives procurement teams better visibility and eliminates a category of untracked spending.

The Competitive Angle Amazon Business serves more than eight million organizations globally, including 97 of the Fortune 100.

Adding fresh groceries positions it more directly against warehouse clubs like Costco and Sam's Club, which have long been the default procurement channel for breakroom staples and fresh food in business settings, as well as food service distributors like Sysco and US Foods that serve larger organizations.

Amazon Business is a $42 billion business growing rapidly, according to eMarketer forecasts. The grocery expansion is an efficient way to increase order frequency and basket size without requiring Amazon to acquire new business customers. The organizations already buying through Amazon Business are the target for the fresh grocery push.

What This Means for Brands As purchasing decisions shift from individual employees to centralized procurement teams, brand visibility on Amazon Business becomes more strategically important. Products that fit naturally into routine orders, reliable replenishment cycles, and multi-item bundles are best positioned to benefit from the grocery expansion.

The expansion also raises the importance of retail media investment within Amazon Business specifically. Procurement-driven buying behavior is different from consumer impulse shopping.

Brands that establish visibility and preference with business buyers before the procurement habit forms are better positioned than those trying to displace an established supplier after the fact.

Amazon Business has not announced which specific grocery brands are featured at launch beyond references to national and local brands, but the same-day store on the platform is where businesses can explore current availability in their area. Alexa Alix Last Updated: May 5, 2026 3 minutes read